drought

Two years ago, KNAU reporter Melissa Sevigny joined an international science team at the Biosphere 2, a series of ecosystems trapped under glass in Southern Arizona. The director of rainforest research, Laura Meredith, gave her a behind-the-scenes tour. The rainforest was in the middle of an artificial drought. Scientists simply turned the rain off to find out how rainforests will respond as the global climate heats up. Melissa Sevigny caught up with Laura Meredith to hear about the findings, published last month in the journal Science.

The city of Phoenix has outlined what it will contribute voluntarily to a regional plan to shore up a reservoir that delivers Colorado River water to three states and Mexico.

Officials with Glen Canyon National Recreation Area continue to report what they call "unprecedented" low water levels at Lake Powell.

Water leaders in California, Arizona and Nevada have signed an agreement to further reduce their take of Colorado River water to help stave off wider, mandatory cuts in the future.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation decided against sending water rushing through the Grand Canyon this fall to redeposit sediment because of persistent drought.

Drought is shrinking reservoirs in the West, and that could mean losing the ability to produce hydroelectric power at Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River.

Federal water officials say major reservoirs on the Colorado River are likely to keep dropping as the Southwest continues to experience a prolonged…

Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday will visit Lake Mead in Nevada to highlight the problems caused by Western drought. Harris will meet federal and…

U.S. officials have approved a long-lasting fire retardant that could significantly aid in fighting increasingly destructive wildfires. The U.S. Forest…

U.S. hydropower generation is forecast to drop 14% this year compared with 2020 as drought grips vast areas of the West. Experts say the reductions…